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BBC does story on L.A. Sub-Prime Shanty Towns.

Posted By robnoxious On March 18, 2008 @ 1:47 am In Breaking News, Politics, Real Estate | Comments Disabled

The BBC recently ran a story [1] about tent villages popping up in our back yard, modern day Hoovervilles. [2]

The big question is why is this news in England and not here? Have I just missed all the coverage on it? If so, I am not [3] alone [4].

A commenter on the Subliterate Cinephile [4] blog that ran a post about this places the shelter in Ontario at a place named Camp Hope. While said commenter also gives some statistics, I don’t see them backed up by the story he linked to [5] in response.

While I don’t doubt that the “Sub-Prime” angle was played up by the BBC, it’s still disturbing to see tent cities popping up in the Inland Empire. Is this possibly a direct result of the efforts to move the homeless from Downtown? Or is the homeless population booming?

And still, why the BBC and not the local, or at least U.S. Media?

Via Boing Boing [6] and Subliterate Cinephile [4].

Related posts:

  1. The Moth’s Story Slam or: How Not to Judge [7]
  2. Where? Check out the Story Map! [8]
  3. Abigail’s Story [9]
  4. Propriety among the lumpenproletariat [10]
  5. Wells Fargo to Inland Empire residents: ¡Habla Espanol! [11]

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URLs in this post:

[1] ran a story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8

[2] Hoovervilles.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville

[3] not: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/17/americas-new-subprim.html

[4] alone: http://subliteratecinephile.blogspot.com/

[5] story he linked to: http://www.pe.com/localnews/redlands/stories/PE_News_Local_D_tentcity28.2915a96.html

[6] Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/

[7] The Moth’s Story Slam or: How Not to Judge: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/06/02/the-moths-story-slam-or-how-not-to-judge/

[8] Where? Check out the Story Map!: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/12/01/where-check-out-the-story-map/

[9] Abigail’s Story: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/13/abigails-story/

[10] Propriety among the lumpenproletariat: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/03/06/propriety-among-the-lumpenproletariat/

[11] Wells Fargo to Inland Empire residents: ¡Habla Espanol!: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/09/17/wells-fargo-to-inland-empire-residents-%c2%a1habla-espanol/

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